51.   Modeling agencies and fashion houses are turning to athletes, actors and ordinary people for their fashion pages and advertising campaigns.

52.   Morris began his first career as a design assistant at the Givenchy fashion house in Paris and with Lily Dache of New York.

53.   My aunt had a fashion house.

54.   Miuccia Prada, the founder of the Milanese fashion house, has pioneered the median way.

55.   Other fashion houses that have prominent former assistants at the helm include Nathalie Gervais at Nina Ricci, Peter Speliopoulos at Cerruti and Roberto Menichetti at Burberry.

56.   Other fashion houses they mentioned as possible targets were Trussardi and Etro.

57.   On Thursday, Gucci said it was hiring Giacomo Santucci, a senior executive at Prada, the Italian fashion house that is another LVMH ally.

58.   Part of the challenge for Klein and every other fashion house, she said, is that operating in the industry has become much more expensive.

59.   Puentes said that small garment makers often go out of business because fashion houses were so slow to send checks.

60.   PRADA DELAYS PUBLIC OFFERING The fashion house Prada has called off its initial offering, citing market conditions.